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Not a big surprise. You can just tell that Netanyahu is itching to obliterate Rafah. I don't see how anyone can think that his primary concern is the release of the hostages. His only way of clinging onto power is to prolong the war.

Part of me wants Braverman to become Tory leader, put her vision to the country over the next few years and then get hammered at the ballot box. Not convinced she'd be that popular with the Tory membership bearing in mind they are typically old white men. I'm sure many of them are uneasy about...

Yeah nothing at all to do with Boris, Partygate, Truss crashing the economy, Brexit being so damaging and 15 years of decline under their leadership. She really is a vile pierce of work. BBC News - Local election results live: Suella Braverman says Rishi Sunak needs to own this and change...

Agree about neither side wanting to give up the brand. I think those who left were relatively lightweight including Anna Soubry. Change UK was the party - which isn't a million miles away from Reform UK. A parting of the ways was probably wishful thinking on my part and so a lengthy stint in the...

Sunak really is a dead man walking now. You've got to wonder how the Tories recover from this. Maybe their broad church party doesn't really work anymore. The one nation Tories and far right are so badly divided and poles apart in terms of ideology. Maybe it's best they go their separate ways.

ULEZ isn't perfect. I would like to have seen some kind of sliding scale e.g. concessions for pensioners, families, small businesses etc. (basically those who really depend on cars/vans and have limited financial means) but I would imagine it's virtually impossible to implement such a system...

Don't dispute that but if we look at the root cause - the first thing Hunt did when he became Chancellor after Truss/Kwarteng crashed the economy was to make cuts. Key departments and councils were forced to trim budgets and climate never stood a chance when up against other public services. The...

It's basically a duopoly with no prospect of any other party getting a sniff. It only changes when either Labour or Con support switching to PR but FPTP suits them both as it's guaranteed power as soon as the public have had enough of the other lot messing up. Political parties should have to...

I watched some muppet on Sky news claim that he would like to see Boris back in charge because "he's got a bit of personality". This country is full of cretins who shouldn't be allowed to vote. It feels like elections in this country over the past ten years have just been protest votes and...

I wonder if that's down to poor messaging/education or driver ignorance/negligence. I remember when the highway code was changed re. pedestrians having right of way when crossing a junction (no 2 in the link below) there was a half hearted TV advertising campaign that clearly wasn't very wide...

When I first read about this I had sympathy for him as it sounded like he was there by chance and was innocently trying to cross the road but it has since transpired that he was there with an entourage and a film crew lol. I think his motives are pretty clear. The police handled it poorly by...

The sad thing is that when elections come around they look on the ballot paper and see mostly grim options that include self serving people who are mostly out of touch with reality. Wars are being started by power hungry old men acting like gangsters and countries like the UK run by a...

A performative strike and nothing more I suspect. A bit of *** for tat (you fired missiles at us and so here's one back) along with a message saying we can hit your nuclear facilities if we really want.

The Conservative party are looking to hire people like you lol.

Not saying alcohol is less damaging overall. Just making the point that passive smokers e.g. babies & children have no form of protection from a justice system or any other means.

It's a very complex subject. Why do people feel the need to smoke or drink excessively in the first place? To take the edge off life and escape from reality for a bit in many cases I assume. The root causes will vary greatly - problems at home, relationships, lack of prospects, stress at work...

I wouldn't rule out a Labour Govt making it illegal in England in the future given that Welsh Labour did it in Wales. It's probably one of those issues where toffs and chavs are united. Maybe Labour would prefer to wait until enough red wall seats are safe before committing to anything. If I...

Yeah Zhang made Joyce look like a bum (twice). Zhang should win that but Wilder's right hand is insane and if he connects then it could be goodnight. Assuming there will be a re-match between Fury and Usyk I wonder if the winner of Zhang v Wilder will face AJ in an eliminator to face the winner...

Most of us on here are lucky we just had that to contend with. At one time smoking on planes, trains, buses and in offices was rife. Was a struggle to escape from it.

I agree with all of that but I would guess the main stumbling block with excluding a smoking related illness from NHS treatment is that it sets a precedent where smokers could then argue that the same should apply to any self inflicted illness or even injury. Alcoholism, drug abuse, sports...